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Decree" Come True? Rav Kook on Da'as Torah
One of the points of disagreement between most Hassidim and Misnagdim is regarding the g'mara in Masechet Shabbat: what does it mean that a "Tzaddik decrees and G-d will fulfill!" Similarly, there are various opinions about the significance of "Da'as Torah", regarding how much to ask rabbis & what is their "power" regarding mundane non-halachic issues. As always, Rav Kook has an interesting "take" on this.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Cheshvan 5786
Car Accident – part II
Based on ruling 82016 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Based on ruling 82016 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit | Shvat 5783
Environmental Responsibility
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Elul 5 5782
The Power of Shame
The new social media have brought about a return to an ancient phenomenon, public shaming. Tthis gives us a way of understanding the otherwise bewildering phenomenon of tsara’at.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Nissan 6 5782
When is Safek (Doubt) Not Amalek?! - When Unclarity Helps Clarify
Ein Aya Shabbat 2, 297
It's known that in Hassidut, they say that Amalek equals Doubt in Gematria (numerical value). Nevertheless, Rav Kook completes the picture by showing the other side of the coin, why Hashem created doubting for good and beneficial purposes.
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shvat 4 5782
Can there be Smoke Without a Fire?
May I place cold frankfurters on top of a hot pot to warm them on Shabbos? May one derive benefit from a cheese dog, which is a grilled hot dog with added cheese and chili sauce? I will be traveling overseas for Yom Tov and Shabbos, and it will be difficult for me to have cooked food ready for an eruv tavshillin. May I use lox as my eruv tavshillin?
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 30 5781
Fire on the Fire of Hatred
Yosef’s behavior in relation to his brothers raises many questions. In the first stage, we find that the brothers hated Yosef because of Yaakov’s preferential treatment. However, afterwards, the dreams that Yosef had, which demonstrated his expectation to have full leadership, and especially the fact that he shared these dreams with his brothers, just made things worse. Regarding the dreams, the matter happened in two stages – first, he told them that he had dreams; then, he specified their details (see Bereishit 37:3-8). Why did Yosef, who saw that his brothers already hated him due to the special cloak his father made for him, continue to do things that exacerbated the hatred?
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Kislev 20 5779
Doubt Whether you Recited Birkat HaTorah
I usually recite Birkat HaTorah on the way to shul. This morning, I was mentally preoccupied, and I have reason to suspect I did not say it. I thought of this when I came home and asked my wife, who had not yet recited it, to do so with me answering Amen. Did that cover my obligation?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 28 5778
THE PAIN AND THE GAIN
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Elul 18 5776
Hanukah Lights and Jacob’s Small Vessels
Rabbi Avraham (Abe) Abrahami
Halakha on Abortion of Fetuses with Severe Abormalities
A fetus is considered a living entity in regards to certain laws, but there is no penalty of death for taking its life. What do the rabbinical decisors say?
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Laws of Chanukah - Part I
A Festive Meal? How Many Lights Should Be Lit? Refraining from Labors While Candles Burn Chanukah Candles and Oils Placing the Chanukiah
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
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